AUFinFan said:
Volk is pushing Ricky over Ronnie on every thread on the board. That much is clear. It was dead obvious Sunday in the massive combined 17? carries that Ricky outclassed Ronnie in every way.
Propping Ricky's speed, posting where is Ronnie's speed? Have an agenda much?
I have not once "pushed" for Ricky, nor do I have an agenda. Furthermore, I don't recall posting anything about Ricky in other threads on Ronnie. In this thread, I merely pointed out that Ricky looked faster than before...not faster than Ronnie.
I also pointed out that I believe Ricky will become the starter. This is based on a number of things. I will break them down in list form to avoid confusion:
1. Ricky is a vet. He has lots of experience behind a suspect line. He has an experience edge over Ronnie in this respect.
2. Ricky is facing the downside of his career, Ronnie is just getting started. If we are to get any value out of Ricky, this is the season in which to do it.
3. If Ricky is going to be traded, he will have to have some measure of performance for other teams to gauge his value.
4. The offensive line is struggling in the run game, and this means lots of extra abuse on the RB. Why risk your franchise back of the future, when you have a Hiesman RB just 2 seasons removed from holding the number 1 rushing title?
In short, the logic here is to let Ricky take the abuse while saving your rookie for when you have a real OL. This is getting maximum value out of your RB core. As long as Ricky can perform to a similar level as Ronnie, why risk the future? It's just that simple.
